 | 1837 - 652 ページ
...calls them) lewd, and some are learned. Even the ribaldry of the low characters is different. The reve, the miller, and the cook, are several men, and distinguished...the mincing lady prioress, and the broad-speaking gap-tothed Wife of Bath." From Chaucer our author proceeds to his contemporaries, Mandeville, John... | |
 | 1845 - 842 ページ
...are unlearned, or (as Chaucer calls them) lewd, and some are learned. Even the ribaldry of the low characters is different ; the Reeve, the Miller, and...distracted in my choice, and know not which to follow. It is sufficient to say, according to the proverb, that here is God's plenty. We have our forefathers... | |
 | John Wilson - 1846 - 360 ページ
...are unlearned, or (as Chaucer calls them) lewd, and some are learned. Even the ribaldry of the low characters is different; the Reeve, the Miller, and...distracted in my choice, and know not which to follow. It is sufficient to say, according to the proverb, that here is God's plenty. We have our forefathers... | |
 | John Dryden - 1852 - 344 ページ
...are unlearned, or (as Chaucer calls them) lewd, and some are learned. Even the ribaldry of the low characters is different : the Reeve, the Miller, and...that I am distracted in my choice, and know not which lo follow. "Tis sufficient to say, according to the proverb, that here is God's plenty. We have our... | |
 | John Dryden - 1854 - 318 ページ
...are unlearned, or (as Chaucer calls them) lewd, and some are learned. Even the ribaldry of the low characters is different : the Reeve, the Miller, and...game springing up before me, that I am distracted ha my choice, and know not which to follow. 'Tis sufficient to say, according to the proverb, that... | |
 | John Dryden - 1855 - 380 ページ
...are unlearned, or (as Chaucer calls them) lewd, and some are learned. Even the ribaldry of the low characters is different. The Reeve, the Miller, and...other, as much as the mincing Lady Prioress, and the broad -speaking gap-toothed Wife of Bath. But enough of this : there is such a variety of game springing... | |
 | Robert Demaus - 1859 - 612 ページ
...distinguished from each other, as much as the mincing Lady Prioress, and the broad-speaking, gape-toothed wife of Bath. But enough of this : there is such a...distracted in my choice, and know not which to follow. It is sufficient to say, according to the proverb, that here is God's plenty. We have our forefathers... | |
 | John Dryden - 1859 - 480 ページ
...are unlearned, or (as Chaucer calls them) lewd, and some are learned. Even the rihaldry of the low characters is different : the Reeve, the Miller, and...other, as much as the mincing lady prioress, and the hroad-speaking gap-toothed wife of Bath. But enough of this : there is such a variety of game springing... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1900 - 874 ページ
...are unlearn'd, or (as Chaucer calls them) lewd, and some are learn 'd. Even the ribaldry of the low characters is different : the Reeve, the Miller, and...sufficient to say, according to the proverb, that herds GofFt plenty, To turn, however, from Dryden's admirable preface to the versions from Chaucer... | |
 | Robert Demaus - 1860 - 580 ページ
...distinguished from each other, as much as the mincing Lady Prioress, and the broad-speaking, gape-toothed wife of Bath. But enough of this : there is such a...distracted in my choice, and know not which to follow. It is sufficient to say, according to the proverb, that here is God's plenty. We have our forefathers... | |
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But enough of this : there is such a variety of game springing up before me, that I am distracted in my choice, and know not which to follow. Tis sufficient to say, according to the proverb, that here is God's plenty. 
